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Title: Kubrick is well becoming my favorite director ever
Post by: Himu on February 12, 2007, 09:21:16 PM: Kubrick is becoming one of my favorite directors. Depending on how Barry Lyndon and Dr. Strangelove are, he may very well be my favorite director ever. Hit after hit, and yet every one of his films are so drastically different that it's ridiculous. A true talent.

You guys weren't kidding when you suggested Kubrick and co. Kurosawa and Scoresese are next.
Title: Re: Kubrick is well becoming my favorite director ever
Post by: Cheebs on February 12, 2007, 09:22:57 PM: Dr. Strangelove WATCH IT NOW!

Have you seen Paths of Glory? Do NOT move on to a new director till you seen it.
Title: Re: Kubrick is well becoming my favorite director ever
Post by: The Miles Trahan Burger Experiment on February 12, 2007, 09:23:02 PM: Kurosawa :hyper :hyper :hyper

Scorsese :hyper :hyper :hyper
Title: Re: Kubrick is well becoming my favorite director ever
Post by: Phoenix Dark on February 12, 2007, 09:23:22 PM: Scorsese is a sexy mother fucker. OMG Taxi Driver and Goodfellas

And this weekend, The Departed :hyper
Title: Re: Kubrick is well becoming my favorite director ever
Post by: Cheebs on February 12, 2007, 09:23:52 PM: Quote from: The Dark Shake on February 12, 2007, 09:23:02 PM
Kurosawa :hyper :hyper :hyper

Scorsese :hyper :hyper :hyper
He needs to watch Dr. Strangelove, Paths of Glory, and Barry Lyndon(as do I) before he does first shake!
Title: Re: Kubrick is well becoming my favorite director ever
Post by: The Miles Trahan Burger Experiment on February 12, 2007, 09:25:17 PM: Quote from: Phoenix Dark on February 12, 2007, 09:23:22 PM
Scorsese is a sexy mother fucker. OMG Taxi Driver and Goodfellas

And this weekend, The Departed :hyper

:hyper

I'd suggest starting Scorsese first, then moving into Kurosawa. Kurosawa has a MASSIVE backlog of classics which may very well take up a good few months, dude. BUT THOSE MONTHS WILL ROCK YOUR FACE OFF. :punch
Title: Re: Kubrick is well becoming my favorite director ever
Post by: Cheebs on February 12, 2007, 09:29:02 PM: Quote from: The Dark Shake on February 12, 2007, 09:25:17 PM
Quote from: Phoenix Dark on February 12, 2007, 09:23:22 PM
Scorsese is a sexy mother fucker. OMG Taxi Driver and Goodfellas

And this weekend, The Departed :hyper

:hyper

I'd suggest starting Scorsese first, then moving into Kurosawa. Kurosawa has a MASSIVE backlog of classics which may very well take up a good few months, dude. BUT THOSE MONTHS WILL ROCK YOUR FACE OFF. :punch
Stop it! Don't distract him. He can't move on till he watches those 3. Paths of Glory becomes before Scorsese(and I love him). Thats a fact!

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Title: Re: Kubrick is well becoming my favorite director ever
Post by: Mupepe on February 12, 2007, 09:29:25 PM: Kubrick :bow :bow
Title: Re: Kubrick is well becoming my favorite director ever
Post by: Phoenix Dark on February 12, 2007, 09:32:43 PM: Quote from: The Dark Shake on February 12, 2007, 09:25:17 PM
Quote from: Phoenix Dark on February 12, 2007, 09:23:22 PM
Scorsese is a sexy mother fucker. OMG Taxi Driver and Goodfellas

And this weekend, The Departed :hyper

:hyper

I'd suggest starting Scorsese first, then moving into Kurosawa. Kurosawa has a MASSIVE backlog of classics which may very well take up a good few months, dude. BUT THOSE MONTHS WILL ROCK YOUR FACE OFF. :punch

I think I'm going to rent Taxi Driver just to see it unedited, as well as Goodfellas. Those seem to be his most accessible movies. Along with those two (which I've seen unedited as I said before) what else should I get?
Title: Re: Kubrick is well becoming my favorite director ever
Post by: Cheebs on February 12, 2007, 09:33:22 PM: Quote from: Phoenix Dark on February 12, 2007, 09:32:43 PM
Quote from: The Dark Shake on February 12, 2007, 09:25:17 PM
Quote from: Phoenix Dark on February 12, 2007, 09:23:22 PM
Scorsese is a sexy mother fucker. OMG Taxi Driver and Goodfellas

And this weekend, The Departed :hyper

:hyper

I'd suggest starting Scorsese first, then moving into Kurosawa. Kurosawa has a MASSIVE backlog of classics which may very well take up a good few months, dude. BUT THOSE MONTHS WILL ROCK YOUR FACE OFF. :punch

I think I'm going to rent Taxi Driver just to see it unedited, as well as Goodfellas. Those seem to be his most accessible movies. Along with those two (which I've seen unedited as I said before) what else should I get?
Shut the fuck up and go watch Kubrick.

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Title: Re: Kubrick is well becoming my favorite director ever
Post by: Mupepe on February 12, 2007, 09:33:40 PM: Casino, brotha.
Title: Re: Kubrick is well becoming my favorite director ever
Post by: The Miles Trahan Burger Experiment on February 12, 2007, 09:34:51 PM: Quote from: Mupepe on February 12, 2007, 09:33:40 PM
Casino, brotha.

Yeah, fuck the haters!

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Ya hear me, Solo?! :punch
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Title: Re: Kubrick is well becoming my favorite director ever
Post by: Cheebs on February 12, 2007, 09:35:05 PM: Quote from: Mupepe on February 12, 2007, 09:33:40 PM
Casino, brotha.
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Title: Re: Kubrick is well becoming my favorite director ever
Post by: Mupepe on February 12, 2007, 09:37:26 PM: Strangelove is beautiful, but so is Casino! He asked for a Scorcese movie dammit!
Title: Re: Kubrick is well becoming my favorite director ever
Post by: Cheebs on February 12, 2007, 09:38:15 PM: Quote from: Mupepe on February 12, 2007, 09:37:26 PM
Strangelove is beautiful, but so is Casino! He asked for a Scorcese movie dammit!
He needs to finish Kubrick first. He has 3 left. He isn't allowed to move on to marty before then.

And he didn't ask for any as far as I can tell! This is a Kubrick thread silly.

As for marty, his best is far and away The Last Temptation of Christ
Title: Re: Kubrick is well becoming my favorite director ever
Post by: Himu on February 12, 2007, 09:42:46 PM: Quote from: Cheebs on February 12, 2007, 09:38:15 PM
Quote from: Mupepe on February 12, 2007, 09:37:26 PM
Strangelove is beautiful, but so is Casino! He asked for a Scorcese movie dammit!
He needs to finish Kubrick first. He has 3 left. He isn't allowed to move on to marty before then.

No I don't need to watch 3 more. I have plenty more. Eyes Wide Shut, The Shining, Lolita, Dr. Strangelove, Paths of Glory. There's also the matter of his pre-Paths of Glory films.

In between Kubrick sessions I'll be watching stuff like Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and stuff. I'm trying to find what directors suit me, and if I like what I see, I'm going to continue with the rest of their stuff. Right now it's Hitch and Kubrick.
Title: Re: Kubrick is well becoming my favorite director ever
Post by: captainbiotch on February 12, 2007, 09:43:45 PM: kubrick and kurosawa are gods. scorsese, not so much. does the guy ever make a character that isn't depressing and demented as fuck?
Title: Re: Kubrick is well becoming my favorite director ever
Post by: The Miles Trahan Burger Experiment on February 12, 2007, 09:44:24 PM: Uh, yes.

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His mother.
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Title: Re: Kubrick is well becoming my favorite director ever
Post by: Mupepe on February 12, 2007, 09:45:20 PM: Quote from: Cheebs on February 12, 2007, 09:38:15 PM
Quote from: Mupepe on February 12, 2007, 09:37:26 PM
Strangelove is beautiful, but so is Casino! He asked for a Scorcese movie dammit!
He needs to finish Kubrick first. He has 3 left. He isn't allowed to move on to marty before then.

And he didn't ask for any as far as I can tell! This is a Kubrick thread silly.

As for marty, his best is far and away The Last Temptation of Christ
???

PD asked for Scorcese suggestions, baby boo. That's who I recommended Casino too.

Scorcese might not be a God. But he's definitely very good. He has talent and deserves to be appreciated.
Title: Re: Kubrick is well becoming my favorite director ever
Post by: VALIS on February 12, 2007, 09:55:53 PM: Kubrick is the best ever. :heartbeat :heartbeat :heartbeat

Don't overlook The Killing, either. It may not have the intellectual edge that all of Kubrick's movies had since, but it's a damn fine and exciting crime pic that's at least as good as anything Tarrantino has done.

I still need to see Lolita and Barry Lyndon, myself.
Title: Re: Kubrick is well becoming my favorite director ever
Post by: Mupepe on February 12, 2007, 09:57:04 PM: Barry Lyndon :heartbeat
Title: Re: Kubrick is well becoming my favorite director ever
Post by: Phoenix Dark on February 12, 2007, 09:57:20 PM: Quote from: VALIS on February 12, 2007, 09:55:53 PM
Kubrick is the best ever. :heartbeat :heartbeat :heartbeat

Don't overlook The Killing, either. It may not have the intellectual edge that all of Kubrick's movies had since, but it's a damn fine and exciting crime pic that's at least as good as anything Tarrantino has done.

I still need to see Lolita and Barry Lyndon, myself.

I want to see The Killing. It sounds awesome
Title: Re: Kubrick is well becoming my favorite director ever
Post by: Himu on February 12, 2007, 10:02:28 PM: No store fucking HAS Barry Lyndon! ???
Title: Re: Kubrick is well becoming my favorite director ever
Post by: Madrun Badrun on February 12, 2007, 10:04:03 PM: Quote from: Himuro on February 12, 2007, 09:42:46 PM
Quote from: Cheebs on February 12, 2007, 09:38:15 PM
Quote from: Mupepe on February 12, 2007, 09:37:26 PM
Strangelove is beautiful, but so is Casino! He asked for a Scorcese movie dammit!
He needs to finish Kubrick first. He has 3 left. He isn't allowed to move on to marty before then.

No I don't need to watch 3 more. I have plenty more. Eyes Wide Shut, The Shining, Lolita, Dr. Strangelove, Paths of Glory. There's also the matter of his pre-Paths of Glory films.

In between Kubrick sessions I'll be watching stuff like Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and stuff. I'm trying to find what directors suit me, and if I like what I see, I'm going to continue with the rest of their stuff. Right now it's Hitch and Kubrick.

Beware Eyes goes absolutely no were at a snails pace, and Lolita is also slow but ok (Don't leave these for last). But the shinning and paths makes up for it. Strange love is his second best movie ever, just after clock work.
Title: Re: Kubrick is well becoming my favorite director ever
Post by: Himu on February 12, 2007, 10:15:21 PM: How are his pre-Paths of Glory films recieved?
Title: Re: Kubrick is well becoming my favorite director ever
Post by: Himu on February 12, 2007, 10:26:22 PM: I want an animated gif from a Kubrick film I've seen: 2001, Clockwork, or FMJ. I loved those Clockwork avatars at gaf where the people have avatars of Alex being reconditioned, but I would LOVE a 2001 avatar where the flight attendant walks up that wall upside down with the food trays.
Title: Re: Kubrick is well becoming my favorite director ever
Post by: Robo on February 12, 2007, 11:13:57 PM: Nothing animated, but I do have a couple Kubrick avatars handy:

(http://robojimbo.googlepages.com/ACO.jpg) (http://robojimbo.googlepages.com/2001ASO.jpg)
Title: Re: Kubrick is well becoming my favorite director ever
Post by: The Black Stallion on February 13, 2007, 02:04:53 AM: Two things:

1. He's fucking dead.

2. Keep all this dickriding restricted to one thread.

Love,

The Black Stallion.
Title: Re: Kubrick is well becoming my favorite director ever
Post by: TVC15 on February 13, 2007, 02:08:30 AM: Kurosawa is kinda lame, Himu. Most of his movies are definitely worth watching, but they're all long and boring. It takes me a month to motivate myself to watch one of them.
Title: Re: Kubrick is well becoming my favorite director ever
Post by: Karma Kramer on February 13, 2007, 04:13:36 AM: Kubrick is god to me. His movies make we want to never try and ever make a film again. I am just sooo not worthy.
Title: Re: Kubrick is well becoming my favorite director ever
Post by: Solo on February 13, 2007, 06:51:12 AM: I support this movement. Kubrick is one my my holy quintuplet of directors: Leone, Kubrick, Hitchcock, Scorsese, and Kurosawa.
Title: Re: Kubrick is well becoming my favorite director ever
Post by: The Miles Trahan Burger Experiment on February 13, 2007, 07:58:33 AM: Quote from: TVC 15 on February 13, 2007, 02:08:30 AM
Kurosawa is kinda lame, Himu. Most of his movies are definitely worth watching, but they're all long and boring. It takes me a month to motivate myself to watch one of them.

Don't listen to this cigarillo, he suggested Moulin Rogue. :rofl
Title: Re: Kubrick is well becoming my favorite director ever
Post by: Robo on February 13, 2007, 10:37:06 AM: Kurosawa's autobiography is pretty good if you haven't read through it already. Covers his childhood and film career up through Rashomon, where after covering the subject he decides that he should no longer be writing an autobiography as it is human nature to inadvertantly distort memories favorably, etc. as is the topic of the film and simply stops. After Johnny Cash's autobiography, it's probably my favorite.
Title: Re: Kubrick is well becoming my favorite director ever
Post by: Cheebs on February 13, 2007, 10:55:17 AM: Here are what I'd recommend for Kurosawa.

Kurosawa's lighter samurai films, his more george lucasy work if you will(in a good way):
The Hidden Fortress (in tone and plot it feels like A New Hope)
Yojimbo (just pure fun action adventure samurai awesomness)
Sanjuro (sequel to Yojimbo)

His more drama/serious samurai work:
Rashomon (His first real great film back in 1950)
Seven Samurai
Throne of Blood (Shakespeare's Macbeth in ancient Japan)
Ran (Another Shakespeare, this time King Lear)

Non-samurai greats:
Ikiru
High and Low (Kurosawa does 60's film noir!)
Dersu Uzala (only film of his that won the oscar, also his only non-japanese film)
Title: Re: Kubrick is well becoming my favorite director ever
Post by: Cheebs on February 13, 2007, 11:03:16 AM: Quote from: jarosh on February 13, 2007, 11:02:15 AM
you forgot to mention that ran is king lear
True I forgot about that
Title: Re: Kubrick is well becoming my favorite director ever
Post by: Solo on February 13, 2007, 11:04:07 AM: You also left off Stray Dog, which is required viewing. Same with Red Beard.